--- title: "Sonicwall Network Security Manager Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra" description: "With the help of Capterra, learn about Sonicwall Network Security Manager Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Firewall products and more." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/219070/Sonicwall-Network-Security-Manager/" page_type: "product" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-21" --- # Sonicwall Network Security Manager Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on October 21, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Sonicwall Network Security Manager ## What is Sonicwall Network Security Manager? Sonicwall Network Security Manager helps IT administrators manage all firewalls, connected switches, and access points, in one place. ## What is Sonicwall Network Security Manager used for? [Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/firewall-software/) Overall rating Based on 12 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Contact vendor for pricing Free trial not available Free version not included Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Sonicwall Network Security Manager?[Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/sonicwall-network-security-manager/claim_requests/new?auto=true) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Sonicwall Network Security Manager 4.3 (12) VS. [### ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer](https://www.capterra.com/p/172277/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer/) [4.5 (249)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172277/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price $395 Other, One Time Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.2 (12) Ease Of Use 4.5 (249) Value For Money 4.0 (10) Value For Money 4.6 (221) Customer Service 4.5 (8) Customer Service 4.6 (236) ## Sonicwall Network Security Manager alternatives Highest Rated [FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/) [4.7 (44)](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/231835/FortiGate-Next-Generation-Firewalls/) [Cisco Meraki](https://www.capterra.com/p/176649/Meraki-Systems-Manager/) [4.5 (130)](https://www.capterra.com/p/176649/Meraki-Systems-Manager/reviews/) Starting price $40.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/176649/Meraki-Systems-Manager/) [XG Firewall](https://www.capterra.com/p/187688/Sophos-XG-Firewall/) [4.5 (35)](https://www.capterra.com/p/187688/Sophos-XG-Firewall/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/187688/Sophos-XG-Firewall/) [Quantum Force](https://www.capterra.com/p/10020441/Quantum-Force/) [4.6 (8)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10020441/Quantum-Force/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/10020441/Quantum-Force/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/219070/Sonicwall-Network-Security-Manager/alternatives/) ## Features AI summary Based on 762 Firewall reviews Capterra data shows that buyers of firewall software rank the following features as their top priorities: - **Intrusion Prevention System** (**56%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical) - **Intrusion Detection System** (**51%**) - **Policy Management** (**49%**) Sonicwall Network Security Manager supports all three of the features reviewers rate most highly: **Intrusion Prevention System**, **Intrusion Detection System**, and **Policy Management**. Together, these capabilities help businesses detect and block threats in real time while maintaining consistent security rules across the network, allowing teams to reduce risk, improve visibility, and manage firewall operations more efficiently. Intrusion Prevention System 3.8 (8) 75.00% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important System that monitors network traffic to prevent malicious activity. Intrusion Detection System 3.8 (6) 66.67% of 6 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Identify and alert about security breaches by third parties Policy Management 4.3 (8) 62.50% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create, manage, and track policies and procedures within an organization VPN 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Extend virtual private network over public networks to enable protected information exchange IP Filtering 4.8 (8) 62.50% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Control or restrict network traffic based on the source and destination of IP addresses, protocols and ports. Reporting/Analytics 4.1 (8) 50.00% of 8 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Sonicwall Network Security Manager 11 features Control and manage access to company resources Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Control or restrict access to web content or applications Hardware components included as part of the software system Identify and alert about security breaches by third parties System that monitors network traffic to prevent malicious activity. Control or restrict network traffic based on the source and destination of IP addresses, protocols and ports. Tracks and makes accessible data on the health of servers and other network components. Create, manage, and track policies and procedures within an organization View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Extend virtual private network over public networks to enable protected information exchange Features 4.3 (12) 4.3 Based on 12 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.0 (10) Value for money 4.0 (10) 4.0 Based on 10 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.5 (8) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.5 (8) 4.5 Based on 8 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.3 Based on 12 reviews Filter by rating Counts reflect reviews available in this feed. 5(6) 4(4) 3(1) 2(1) 1(0) Mentioned topic Recent reviews first, then most helpful Mark M. Vice President of Information Technology Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Good small office solution but not as durable as other products." 3.0 April 29, 2021 Pros The sonicwall interface is easy to navigate and offers quite of bit of functionality. You can do everything through a web interface and licensing and backup are a breeze when you take advantage of mysonicwall.com. We use the sonicwall applicate in a small office and for the price and features we are quite happy with it. Firmware updates have not been an issue for us and keeping things up to date is pretty straight forward. Cons While the VPN options are plentiful we have had some issues with sonicwall keeping the connections up in some cases. There are multiple ways to configure VPN and because of how we had to do it our connection sometimes goes down and we have to log into the device and stop / start the VPN connection in order for it to get connected again. IM implementation manager implementation manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "All in one" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 6, 2024 multiple sites remote management is easy and keeps the original management interfaces Pros It's a really great product for managing branches and different clients in one admin platform, the advanced gateway security gives me a complete overview of all my deployments and makes easier the management of the firewalls Cons The ability to integrate older hardware, IC IT Consultant IT Consultant Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "SonicWall Security Firewall" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 January 5, 2024 Not bad considering the price paid, but in my professional opinion, the cost savings are not worth it. Other firewall solutions are more robust, easier to setup, configure and manage. Overall, not bad for the money. Pros affordable, less expensive than the standard brand options Cons not as intuitive as other firewalls, security software suite is thin, can be difficult to find and modify some options SS System Specialist System Specialist Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "user comment" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 26, 2021 The fact that Sonicwall Network Manager is very expensive as a license was one of the main problems for us. In addition, users were constantly experiencing problems during the disconnection or connection stages, and this was constantly causing us problems. Pros The feature I like about this software is that it is reliable and fast connection can be established. Cons There is no topic that I like very little, although I use it both as a user and as an administrator, I could not see a drawback. SB ShahRukh B. Sr. IT Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "A complete solution for mid-to-large organization" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 June 30, 2023 Pros The product has phenomenal technical support team. Cons Its VPN solution may need improvement as the throughput gets impacted when the number of VPN users are transferring files across the network SA System Administrator System Administrator Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Very good option to protect your network" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 June 14, 2021 It is interesting, because we have been using it to protect the network, and also as a VPN manager, it has their own management appliance, with clients which we can install it on the computers, or you can choose to use the directly Windows configuration. Therefore, it covers L2TP, PPTP, L2F and SSL VPN, which gave us a bunch of options to choose. Pros It is a robust solution, with so many features, roles, and options to configure and customize a firewall solution for your own network, working with various different protocols, covering the most used on the market, including a VPN based on different procotols. Cons It is difficult to find some options inside it, is not intuitive, to block a site, IP or file type, you will spend some time to understand it, need to be a midtier on network skills, not a product for beginners. Nebojsa P. Network Coordinator Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Safe network" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 16, 2021 One of the safest soltions on the market, very hard to fail. Have been used over many years with minimal numer of incidents. Pros Very easy and visible way configuring a safe network. Many great dashboards, and quick information access and full logging. Easy deployment of networks through multiple interfaces. Integration with other tools. Access to security definitions from the Cloud. Cons Initial configuration is time consuming and the system is a bit pricy. AO Assistant Operational Manager Assistant Operational Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Good Solution for the Small Business -" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 July 4, 2022 We have been able to implement more security for our more advanced IP tunnels and manage what users can use VPN while away from the office during these hard times Pros This software offers all essential needs for the small business. It’s able to more than what is expected for software of this price but above average IT knowledge is required to use everything properly Cons While having minor issues and bugs with the system it took there team and a third party IT company to resolve the issue. Hoping to see customer service improve as this issues come up. Still happy with there tenacity to resolve the issue Michael M. Sales Account Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Decent Network Security Manager" 4.0 February 15, 2023 Pros The reporting is quite good as is the content filtering. Cons We had to pay additional amount to enable the reporting and that was a bit of a set-back. SA Software Analyst Software Analyst Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Sonicwall Review" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 December 20, 2022 Pros A very good tool to keep security here in our company. Cons So far I haven't come across any cons, I always recommend it. 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